Container label and guard.



W. H. MERKLEE 61]. H. GERAGHTY.

CONTAINER'LABEL AND GUARD.

APPLICATION man Inc. 13. 1916 11,3 5 1 m Patented Aug. 28, 1917.

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orunion HILL, AND JAMES HARRIS GEBAGHTY, or secure, new JERSEY.

oon'rnmnn LABEL AND GUARD.

To all whom it may concern: a

LEE, a citizen of the United Hudson and State of Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. MERK- States, and a in the county of New Jersey, and GERAGHTY, a citizen of the United resident of Union Hill,

JAMES H,

States, and a resident of Bogota, in the county of Bergen andState of New Jersey,

distinguished either in the dark or in the light.

Another object in view is to provide a combined label and guard which will indicate the special. characteristics of the matter in a container, bottle or the like, the label and guard being so formed as to be applied to the container, bottle or the like so that when grasped the label and dicate the contents.

A still further object, more specifically, is the provision of a guard band having an aperture therein arranged so that the aperture will register with the label on the container, bottle, box or the like to which it is applied, and the band caused to surround said bottle, box or container whereby the information on the label may be readily seen at any time and a special structure produced for indicating the special characteristics of the contents of the bottle or container.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a plan view of a guard showing an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section through a container and a guard similar to that shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan View of a slightly modified form of guard.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a further modified form of guard to that shown in Fig. 3.

In constructing a device embodying the invention it is aimed to produce means which will not be unnecessarily unsightly and which may be quickly and easily apguard will in- Speeification of Letters Patent.

Patented aw. 2e, iai'r.

Application filed December 13, 1916. Serial No. 136,614.

plied to a bottle, container, box or the like, of any size or shape, and when positioned on said container will indicate the contents thereof, as for instance, poison, explosives or the like. The construction of thelabel and guard is such that the same will cause a person 'toespecially observe the label on looking at the bottle or other container, or in case of darkness, when a person feels of the bottle or other container the special shape and-make-up of the label will indicate that such container or the like has positioned therein poison, explosives, or some other matter of a dangerous nature.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a guard provided with an aperture 2 of any desired size, which guard is intended to fit around the container 3 as shown in Fig. 2 so that the aperture 2 will substantially registerwith the label on the container, whereby the instructions on the label may be easily read and at the same time a guard or indicating member produced. It is to be understood that the term container is intended to cover bottles, boxes and receptacles of any and all kinds. A tongue or tab 5 is secured to one end of the guard in any suitable manner, as for instance, by an adhesive, said tab having thereon adhesive matter 6 so that when the tab is thrust through the aperture 7 and turned over so as to be pasted against the body of the guard, as shown in Fig. 2, the guard will be held in position on the container 3 while the adhesive 6 011 the back of the guard dries.

The outer face of the guard 1 may be roughened in different ways, preferably by being provided with sand, emery or other gritty matter 8 on one face whereby when the hands are brought into contact therewith a person may immediately know that the container has some poison, explosive or other dangerous matter therein. By this means a person is positively informed as to the characteristics of the contents of the container whether it is light or dark, by reason of the touch of the guard 1. In providing the aperture 2 the guard may be used in connection with old labels and yet a proper indicating guard produced' However, if desired the guard 1 could be provided with an unsanded space 9 on which the printed matter 10 could be arranged,

said' printed matter being the usual information found on a label. Inthis form of the invention the guard and label are of one pieceand the printed matter is 'p'r'i'nted di 5 rectly on part of the materialinaking up the guard. If preferred, the guard could be provided with the aperture?-andanordr" narylabel pasted on the body of the guard, *either on the front. orrear face. It isalso 5v be-sanded as shown in the drawing,- orwmay be left unsanded so .thatthe tab may be -1nore easily pasted thereto when arranged as rily necessary as the paste usually adheres 4 properly to the sanded surface.

- A furtherinodifiedform of the invention is-shown inFig. 4: in which spaced sanded i'portion s -11 are provided, said sanded portions being shown round in the drawing, 5 but it will be evidentthat other shapes may be used WVitllOHt; departing from the-spirit v;

i o-f the-invention. 1 v

, l'What We claim is:

lt A guard of thecharaotero described,

comprising a body having a plurality-of equally spaced roughenedportions arranged in-rowsbn one side ofthe body, said body being formed with aslot-adjacent one end and a tab-extending frornthe opposite end -ofithe'body to said slot, said tab beinge pro- ,wided with an adhesive end arranged tobe threaded through said slot and bent over and pasted against the body when said body t-c'opi eaof this patent may be obtained f01;:five cents e'ach-,by-addressing the-woinnlissioner of iPatents,

held in position on said article.

2. A guard of the character described,

*c'om'prising; paper b'ody hav ing an aperture through Which a label may be seen when the guard is in position on a container, a sandedsurface provided on one side of the body, and means on the oppositeside of the body-for connecting the body with'ksaid container," said body having an aperture at one end and a gummed tab at the opposite end designed to beothreaded throu-ghrsaid -,-aperture and pres'sedwag-ainst-said body for docking the guard in position: on the con- 'Ptillnfilfl, a r

Aaguard of the character described,

comprising-abody having azrough'ened surshown 1n Flg. 2, thouglrth1s 1s not ordlnaface on one side, said body being provided with a 'labell space and a slot adj acent one end, and a tabextending from the opposite enddesigned to bewthreaded througlvsaid V slot 1: and folded upon l said: body when the guard is in use, said tab being provided with an adhesive ononeside-and adaptedto lock the tabs-in a fOldBClv'POSit'lOIl 'whereby the guard will be 'held' in positionaon a container.

4:; Aflguard:ot 'the eharacter described, comprising a body having a plurality of nequa'lly-spacedroughened portions'on' one side of the body, said body being provided with a label space and a slot adjacent one end, and a 1 tab extending rfrorh the opposite end ofthe lOOClyHtO. said slot, said-tab being designedto be threaded-through said slot and';bent over and pa stedgto thexbody.

I WILLIAM HENR Y 1 MERKLEE.

AMES HARRIS GERAGHTY.

. Washington, D. c." v d o 

